{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Lesley Riddoch Podcast","title":"A drookit King and Tatties to the EU","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3779,"description":"News is coming at us thick and fast this week! Lesley and Fraser take a deep dive into the big breaking story: a draft plan circulating to EU members proposing the UK aligns with EU food and vetenary rules. They unpack what removing this post-Brexit red tape means for Scottish food producers, island shellfish exporters, and seed potato growers who have suffered years of mountain-high paperwork, and lost European markets. They also examine whispers from Brussels reported by Politico suggesting the EU might offer flexibility on the Euro and Schengen opt-outs if the UK ever seeks to rejoin.\n\nThe duo then turns to broadcasting and culture, examining recent criticisms of BBC Radio Scotland's style. Lesley reflects on the historical snobbery faced by working-class Glaswegian accents on the airwaves and explores how much of Scots grammar and phrasing is rooted directly in Gaelic.\n\nAcross the Atlantic, as Americans head to the polls for the midterms, the hosts look at the massive influence of money—including election campaign pacts backed by Elon Musk’s spending record-breaking $446 million —and the widespread anxiety over whether Donald Trump will accept the election results if his party loses.\n\nAlso discussed:\nSlavery Reparations & Commonwealth Diplomacy: Prime Minister Andy Burnham plays cricket in Antigua while King Charles gets caught in a tropical downpour (\"a drucket King\") without an umbrella amidst intense discussions around historic accountability and debt restructuring.\nImmigration Policy Updates: Shabana Mahmood's long-term settlement rules and the rollbacks for care workers.\nScottish Politics & The Union: Listener emails on CalMac board representation, the 60th anniversary of Aberfan, and an academic's proposal for a \"third\" confirmatory independence referendum.\nCulture Corner: Lesley shares her visit to the new David Bowie exhibition at V&A Dundee, complete with handwritten lyrics on graph paper and memories of Bowie scaling the Caird Hall!\n\nLinks\nThe Third...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TKOlqg4xKOK2bn8lxAR0BKU_Ic-p9GXvCAC9p0Malv4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNjdl/Y2Y2MTczOWY1OTYw/NTEzNGY3MTY2Yzgw/ODAwYy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}